RIGHT TO BE PRESENT not violated by Judge answering jury query about witness statements that were not in evidence… Oldenburg affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]
Mental commitment, involuntary medication
MENTAL COMMITMENT: Involuntary medication properly authorized despite “cherry-picked” comment of empathy that it probably would not be necessary… Gilbert affirmed (IOR I-3(c)). [Read more…]
Search & seizure, unconscious woman’s purse, drugs
SEARCH & SEIZURE: Unconscious woman’s purse properly gone through in search of medical information under community caretaker doctrine, drug residue and paraphernalia not illegally seized…. Phillips affirmed. [Read more…]